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August 8, 2008: More Documents from the Superman/Superboy Lawsuit

Jeff Trexler at UncivilSociety.org has posted PDF documents from the latest round of the legal battle between the Siegel family and DC Comics over the rights to Superman and Superboy.

    The latest briefs from both sides are available, with the Siegels and DC taking their best shot at legal questions arising from the Siegels' copyright interest in the Superman material in Action Comics #1. If the briefs were just dueling legal analysis, I might have just posted the links with a just a promise to write more about it later once my own deadlines are met, but there's more.

Michael over at the Adventure247 blogspot posted these descriptions to the PDF files supplied by UncivilSociety.org...

  • The Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Points and Authorities on Pre-Trial Issues, 80 pages saying how they have recaptured copyright of some part of Superman, why Warner Bros. is wrong, and how they should pay the Siegels
  • The Defendants' Brief on Additional Issues, 80 pages saying why Warner Bros. has not lost copyright of Superman and should not have to pay the Siegels anything
  • The Declaration in Support of Defendants' Brief on Additional Issues, multiple exhibits including the 1939 agreements beween Siegel, Shuster, and DC in which S&S confirm that "Detective Comics Inc. are the sole and exclusive owners of the comic strip entitled SUPERMAN"; a letter from DC saying that the artwork is slipping in quality despite having 43 pages a month to churn out; and copies of JLA #2, Justice #11, and JLA Classified #27.
  • The Declaration in Support of Plaintiffs' Pre-Trial Briefing, multiple exhibits including expert witness statements by Jim Steranko and Mark Evanier; Evanier's rebuttal to the defendants' expert witness; excerpts from Evanier's deposition; the 1947 agreement between DC and Siegel/Shuster; and excerpts from Jerry Siegel's unpublished autobiography (as provided by Mark Waid).
  • The Declaration in Support of Defendants' Brief on Additional Issues, a brief by Paul Levitz explaining how WB/DC licenses and merchandises Superman, including DVD releases. Levitz's testimony, by the way, was given on July 21, just a couple days before San Diego.

Further hearings are set down for August 11th.


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